[Chapter-delegates] 2014 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections

[Demi Getschko]

Very good synthesis, Eric.
Thank You!
demi


On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 2:16 AM, Eric Burger <eburger at standardstrack.com>wrote:

> There are three legs to the ISOC three-legged stool:
>
>    1. Chapters: the people who USE the Internet
>    2. Organizations: the people who BUILD and RUN the Internet
>    3. IETF: the people who INVENT, REFINE, and ensure an INTEROPERABLE
>    Internet
>
>
> *No* leg is more important than the other:
>
>    - Chapters represent individual people’s interests, not driven
>    (necessarily) by a profit or governmental motive.
>    - Organizations represent the most people from more geographic regions
>    than any Internet Society community.
>    - The IETF represents the best in working out the best technical
>    solution, irrespective of one’s company, national, or ethnic origin.
>
> Likewise:
>
>    - Without Organizations, we would not have the insights of how things
>    *really* work.
>    - Without Chapters, we would have no heart.
>    - Without the IETF, there would not be an Internet for there to be an
>    Internet Society.
>
> This is also why, as Jason pointed out, once each Internet Society
> community selects Trustee(s), those Trustee do not represent that
> community. Those Trustees work for the best result for the Internet. Not
> Chapters. Not Organizations. Not the IETF. Not even the Internet Society as
> a corporation. Just the best for the open, free, accessible, and
> interoperable Internet.
>
>
> On Mar 29, 2014, at 12:41 AM, Gihan Dias <gihan at uom.lk> wrote:
>
>  On 2014/03/29 පෙ.ව. 9:14, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>
> Any candidate can promise to throw money at a solution and hope it will
> fix itself. (Whether, once on the Board, such a position has a realistic
> ability to succeed, is reasonable to ask. )
>
> Evan,
>
> So I will refrain from making unrealistic promises.
>
> But the challenge is more than just money, it is one of changing culture.
> IMO, those who are elected have a responsibility to ensure at the Board
> level that chapters are a built-in characteristic of ISOC, indeed *the*
> defining characteristic, not one that appears added on as an afterthought.
>
> Yes. Chapters came later in the society's evolution. However, now they are
> (or should be) one of the two legs of the society, of equal status with
> organisational members. I believe that the best way to do this to
> strengthen chapters by
> 1. Making chapters be active, visible and effective at a national level,
> and to have chapters identify and drive national issues
> 2. Have effective input from each chapter, through regional bureaus, to
> the Society. This will include - but not be limited to - the Chapter
> Advisory Council.
> 3. Make chapters financially strong by supporting fund-raising at chapter
> level.
> 4. Support each chapter to have at least a part time paid staff member. -
> otherwise volunteer officers will find it difficult to get any work done
> 5. Encourage and support collaboration among chapters.
>
> I would also like to get your views on other ways of strengthening
> chapters.
>
> Such cultural evolution requires far more than financial consideration to
> ensure chapter sustainability (though that component is certainly part of
> it). I want to hear from each candidate a vision that indicates both an
> understanding of this challenge and the political capability to confront it.
>
> Each chapter is unique, and will have its own challenges. ISoc should be
> flexible enough to work with each chapter on its own terms, while at the
> same time avoiding favoritism.
>
> Regards.
>
> Gihan
> ISoc Sri Lanka
> BoT Candidate
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